On Tuesday, the embattled social network and its WhatsApp and Instagram units were sued by BlackBerry (BB) for allegedly infringing patents and pilfering intellectual property from BlackBerry Messenger technology.

"Blackberry's suit sadly reflects the current state of its messaging business," Paul Grewal, Facebook's deputy general counsel, said in a statement. "Having abandoned its efforts to innovate, BlackBerry is now looking to tax the innovation of others. We intend to fight."

On the opposite side of the country, in New York, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, said Facebook, Alphabet's Google (GOOGL) and Twitter (TWTR) need to do more to combat hate groups and terrorists on their sites. The organization did give Facebook a B-plus for its efforts, compared to a B-minus for Twitter and C-plus for Google.

Facebook had no comment.

Finally, Peter Schweizer, who wrote and filmed Clinton Cash, which details donations from foreign entities to Bill and Hillary Clinton, is making a new documentary, called The Creepy Line, on the allegedly elitist and censorial powers behind Facebook and Google.

The trifecta of bad tidings add to an increasingly tense narrative for Facebook, which faces mounting criticism for its role in the 2016 presidential election, and its growing influence in society as a big tech company.

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